According to a previous consultation and after a personal communication with General Konstantinos, the Design and Construction Unit (MOMKA) of the Greek military completed the repair and upgrade works of the stone house on Kinaros island.
This stone house is where Irini Katsotourchi lives, the only resident of the island.
The works, which presented particular difficulties due to chronic repair requirements and the lack of basic infrastructure on the island, according to the Greek military announcement.
The works includes the strengthening of the house, construction of a new 40 sq.m, roof and targeted building upgrades.
This was in order to improve the living conditions of Ms. Katsotourhis as much as possible.
Kinaros, is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, named after the artichoke which it produced.
The island is located west of Kalymnos and Leros and east of Amorgos, 5.5 nautical miles west-southwest of Levitha.
It is the second westernmost island of the Dodecanese after Astypalea, and has an area of 4.5 km².
Irene Katsotourchi, the only inhabitant of the Greek islet of Kinaros, was vaccinated against COVID-19 after a mobile vaccination unit finally visited the Dodecanese islet in December 2021.
Katsotourchi, who is popularly known as “Kyra Rini” (“Mrs. Rini”), has been the only resident of the remote Aegean islet for years now.
Kyra Rini had expressed her desire to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to the postman who delivers mail to Kinaros from the nearby island of Amorgos every two weeks.
Kyra Rini’s wish was passed on to the mayor of Amorgos, Lefteris Karaiskos, who decided immediately that the woman must be vaccinated as she wishes.
A mobile vaccination unit arrived by boat to the remote islet amid winds that hit 6 Beaufort (27 knots) and whitecaps.
“We went with the post boat, which goes to the islet every fortnight, along with the doctor, the nurse and we vaccinated her. Everything went well,” mayor Karaiskos told reporters from ERT television.
The mayor said that the only annoyance the woman felt was a slight pain in her arm for two days.
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